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ASH SIFTER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. ma.

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ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 3. I918.

1 ,306,633 Patented June 10, 1919.

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JOSEPH ROSSI, OF PEETZBURG, NEW JERSEY.

AsH-SIFTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. at t d J n 10, 1

Application filed May 3, 1918. Serial No. 232,373.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH RossI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Peetzburg, in the. county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Ash-Sifter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a. new and improved ash sifter more especially designed for household use and arranged to enable the operator to quickly separate the ashes from the coal and cinders and without danger of any dust passing into the room from the sifter during the sifting operation. Another object is to permit ofreadily removing the separated ashes and the coal and cinders from the ash sifter after the sifting operation is completed. Another object is to provide an ash sifter which is imple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture and comparatively light to allow of moving it apart from one place to another whenever it is desired to do so.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is an elevation of one end of theash sifter with parts of the casing broken out;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 3; p

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section of the same on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a. sectional perspective view of the receivingpan for the ashes;

Fig. 5 is a reduced elevation of one end of the ash sifter with part of the casing broken out andshowing the filling pan in position for filling the ash sifter with the ashes to be sifted; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the hood or cover for the filling pan.

The casing 10 of the ash siftcr is made essentially in two parts 11 and 12, of which the lower part 11 is provided with lugs 1.3 for supporting the ash sifter on a floor or other support: The upper part 12 of the casing 10 is connected at the back by hinges 14 with the back of the lower part 11 to permit of swinging the upper part 12 into open or closed position. The front of the uper part 12 when in closed P08131011 is locked in place by a suitable fastemng de vice 15 such as a hook and staple, as inclicated in the drawings. The top of the upper casing part 12 is provided with a door 16 hinged at 17 to permit of swinging the door into open or closed position, and the free end of the door is adapted to be locked in closed position by a suitable locking device 18 such as a hook and staple. Packing strips 19 are arranged on the lower casing part 11 to cover the joint between the upper and lOWer casing parts to render the casing dustproof when closed.

The lower casing part 11 is provided with converging sides 20 and 21 terminating at their lower edges in outwardly bent guideways 22 and 23 adapted to be engaged by inwardly bent flanges 24, 25 formed on the upper edges of the sides of an ash receiving pan 26' provided at its ends with handles 27 for convenientlymanipulating the ash pan or carrying the same about. It will be noticedthat by the arrangement described a" sliding connection is had between the ash pan 26 and the sides 20 and 21 of'the lower casing portion 11 to allow the operator to conveniently place the ash receiving pan 26 in position on the casing for receiving the sifted ashes and for removing the ash pan from the casing for disposing of the sifted ashes. Packing strips 28'and 29 of rubber or other suitable material are arranged on the ends of the pan to form a. tight joint between the ends of the pan and the ends of the lower casing part 11. V r

Within the casing 10 is removably ar ranged a drum 30 having solid'heads 3,1 and 32 and a perforate rim 33 preferably made of'wire netting reinforced'by lengthwise eX- tending bands or strips 34 and reinforcing rings 35, as plainly shown in'the drawings. To the heads 31 and 32'of the drum 30 are centrally secured collars 40 and 41 attached to a drum shaft 42 provided at. one 'end with a' crank arm 43 and at the other end with a handle 44 to permit of conveniently placing the drum in position in the casing or removing it therefrom whenever it is desired to do so for dumping the coal and cinders, as hereinafter more fully explained. The collars 40 and 41 of the drum shaft 42 are mounted to turn in bearings arranged at the joint of the head parts 45, 46 of the casing 10. When the upper casing part 12 is swung into open position then the drum 30 can be readily lifted out of the casing by the operator taking hold of the handle 44 and the crank arm -43 of the drum shaft 42 which forms a permanent part of the drum. In a like manner the drum .can be readily replaced and then turned in the casing, as hereinafter more fully explained.

The drum 80 is provided at its rim with a door 50 hinged at :51 and provided. at its free end with a locking device 52, preferably in the form of a hook and staple, similar to the devices 15 and 18, previously mentioned. The door 50 is slightly smaller than the door 16, and when the door 50 is in uppermost position, as shown in Fig. 2, then it is in register with the door 16, and when the doors 1G and 50 are open (see Fig. then access is had to the interior of the drum for filling the same with the ashes to be sifted.

In order to fill the drum 30 with ashes to be sifted, use is made of a filling pan 60 provided with a removable cover 6] having an angular spout 62 adapted to pass through the door openings of the doors 16 and 50 at 4 the time said doors are open to allow the contents of the pan to slide down the spout 62 into the drum 30. WVhen this has been done the filling pan 60 is removed, after which the doors ,50 and 16 are closed and locked. The operator then takes hold of the crank arm l3 and turns the drum 30 to cause the ashes to be sifted through the perforate rim 33 of the drum and to'drop down into the receiving pan 26. After the sifting op.- eration is completed, the doors 1 6 and 50 are again opened and then water may be poured through the door openings onto the coal and cinders remainingin the drum '30 ,to wash said coal and cinders and to wet the ashes in the receiving pan 26. When this has b n done, the doors 50 and 16 are again closed and looked, after which the upper casing part 12 is unlocked and swung open to per: mit the operator to lift the drum 30 out of the casing.

In order to remove the coal and cinders from the drum, the head 31 is provided with a door (see Figs. 1 and 3) connected by hinges 71 to the head 31 and normally locked by a suitable locking device 72 to hold the door in closed position. When it is intended to discharge the coal and cinders from the drum after the latter is removed from the casing, it is only necessary for the operator to unlock and open the door 7 0 and to hold the drum in vertical position with the head 31 downward so that the coal and cinders drop out of the drum by way of the open door into a suitable receptacle held below the drum. After the drum 30 is emptied, the door 70 is closed and locked, and then the drum is replaced in the casing and the latter is closed by swinging the upper part 12 back into closed position and looking it therein. The pan 26 with the ashes therein can be pulled out from its guideways 22 and 23 to permit .of dumping the ashes into a suitable receptacle and the receiving pan 26 is returned to its position at the bottom of the casing 10. From the foregoing it will be seen that the coal and ,cinders are readily separated from the ashes to permit of separate disposal of the .coal and cinders and the ashes. It will also be noticed that the ash s'ifter is rendered practically dustproof and prevents anv dust arising, during the sifting operation, from passing into the room in which, the ash sifter is located at the time.

The ash sifter shown and described is simple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture and comparatively light to allow of moving it about from one place to another whenever it is desired to do so.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent;-

1. In an ash .sifter, -.a drum comprising solid heads, a perforated rim having an opening closed by a door, and a shaft upon which the drum is mounted, said Shaft havg a crank at on end and a h ndl t th other end.

2. In an ash sifter, a drum comprising solid heads, one of which is provided with a door, a perforated rim having a door, and a shaft extending through the heads of the drum and provided with collars secured upon the outer face of said heads, one end of the shaft being provided with a crank and he other w h a h ndle- JOSEPH ROSSI- Copies of this patent may be obtained f o r five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. Q. 

